Nic Neves

2 weeks ago | npr.org | Ramtin Arablouei |Rund Abdelfatah |Cristina Kim |Julie Caine |Casey Miner |Anya Steinberg | +4 more

Baby bonuses, childless cat ladies: the rhetoric around motherhood is politically charged right now. And the fantasy of an ideal mother remains powerful, even as real-life parents struggle to reconcile its demands. Today on the show, three myths of motherhood, and the people who have fought to break them down. This episode originally ran in 2023 as The Labor of Love.

2 months ago | npr.org | Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi |Nic Neves |Jess Jiang |James Sneed

The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1235939360/1267423581" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Peanut the squirrel. (Photo by Mark Longo) Mark Longo/Mark Longo hide caption toggle caption Mark Longo/Mark Longo Peanut the squirrel. (Photo by Mark Longo) Mark Longo/Mark Longo Memecoins are having a moment.

2 months ago | npr.org | Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi |Nic Neves |Jess Jiang |Willa Rubin

such money. wow. omg. many planet. Atsuko Sato hide caption toggle caption Atsuko Sato such money. wow. omg. many planet. Atsuko Sato What do Moo Deng the pygmy hippo, social media sensation Hawk Tuah, and the President of the United States all have in common? They've all inspired highly valuable, highly volatile memecoins. The humble memecoin began as a sort of satirical send up of speculation in the crypto world. But it was a joke that soon became very real.

Feb 10, 2025 | npr.org | Nic Neves |Wailin Wong |Julia Ritchey |Kate Concannon

How the memecoin game is played Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1230610862/1266150891" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Peanut the squirrel. (Photo by Mark Longo) Mark Longo/Mark Longo hide caption toggle caption Mark Longo/Mark Longo Peanut the squirrel. (Photo by Mark Longo) Mark Longo/Mark Longo Memecoins are having a moment, but who's making money off them?

Jun 20, 2024 | kosu.org | Nic Neves

Since the 2010s, electronic dance music (EDM) has become one of the largest and most popular sectors of the music industry, with festivals and record sales netting billions of dollars each year. EDM might make you think of raves, long nights, and ecstasy. But its roots go farther and deeper – back to a genre born out of a need for Black, queer community and refuge: house music. It’s time for church. What do you think you know about house music? Take the Throughline quiz to find out.